The required version of SharePoint Foundation or SharePoint Server is not installed on this system while developing SharePoint hosted add-in in SharePoint 2016.
This SharePoint 2013 tutorial explains, how to resolve the issue which comes while SharePoint hosted add-in in SharePoint 2016 using Visual Studio 2015. The error comes as: The required version of SharePoint Foundation or SharePoint Server is not installed on this system. The target version of the SharePoint project is 15.0. The error looks like below:
Recently I have installed SharePoint 2016, Visual Studio 2015 with developer tools, etc. Then I also Configure On-Premise environment for Apps in SharePoint 2016. But when I tried to create a SharePoint hosted app, in the Specify the SharePoint target version I can see only two options like SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online.
And then when I deploy the app, it gives me the below error:
The required version of SharePoint Foundation or SharePoint Server is not installed on this system. The target version of the SharePoint project is 15.0.
After doing some googling when I install Microsoft Office Developer Tools Preview 2 for Visual Studio 2015 and restart visual studio and I can see all three options like SharePoint 2016, SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online.
Hope this SharePoint tutorial helps to resolve The required version of SharePoint Foundation or SharePoint Server is not installed on this system error which comes while developing apps in SharePoint 2016.
I am Bijay from Odisha, India. Currently working in my own venture TSInfo Technologies in Bangalore, India. I am Microsoft Office Servers and Services (SharePoint) MVP (5 times). I works in SharePoint 2016/2013/2010, SharePoint Online Office 365 etc. Check out My MVP Profile.. I also run popular SharePoint web site SPGuides.com
